Sept. 14, 2012. The High Country’s most well known resource for weather, Ray’s Weather, has recently announced the winners of the annual Ray’s Weather Calendar photo contest. As was the case in 2011, the Blue Ridge Parkway will be the theme for the calendar.

There can be only one winning photo per photographer. The photos are chosen based on four criteria, which include the voting results, the image quality, the region and scene diversity and the uniqueness of the scene.

“Every year it seems that quality of the photographs gets better, making selection of winners harder,” reads the Ray’s Weather website.

In addition to the 13 winners, Jeff Silkstone, Danny Redd, Michelle Maloney and Nicole Roinson had photos chosen as the “Best of the Rest,” the contest’s honorable mentions.

Congratulations to all these skilled photographers on capturing the Blue Ridge Parkway so well.